Robert Mann’s 10th book, “You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis & the Biography of a Song,” wraps musicology and social and political history into 161 concise pages. Straightforward though ...

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While governor, he had a No. 1 hit single in 1945 with "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder." In 1977, the Louisiana State Legislature decreed "You Are My Sunshine" the state song in honor of Davis.

Davis wrote Louisiana's official state song You Are My Sunshine, and more than 300 other songs.

Written by Jimmie Davis, American, 1899 - 2000 Subject of Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004 Description A typed letter dated December 3, 1962 on State of Louisiana letterhead from Jimmie Davis, the ...